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Of The SP The Student Party has tradition ally set forth a liberal platform, ini tiating action in controversial areas, such has integration, and supporting "free and open" student discussions. The party always has been a strong proponent of dormitory im provements its success in this area has resulted in strong SP sup port in most dormitories and has forced the University Party to put up an all-campus program of its own. Although their base of sup port lies in the dorms, SP leaders have always opened party member ship to any student, no matter where he lives. In the past year, however, there has been a gradual change in the complexion of the party, a change away from open discussion, away from the dormitory, away from liberalism. Since World War II the party has been developed by and has devel oped such leaders as Al Lowenstein, who was president of the U.S. Na tional Student Association and the first U.S. civilian to testify before the United Nations; Joel Fleisch man, now legal adviser to Gov. San ford; Jimmy Wallace; Dick Murphy, also former president of the NSA and now Asst. U.S. Postmaster-General ; Douglas Hunt, now special as sistant to Secretary of Treasury . . . and in recent years, Hank Patter son and Jim Scott. The Student Party has acted with strength to meet important campus issues. It was Al Lowenstein who led the successful fight which inte grated the football stadium twelve years ago. SP student body presi dents Henry Bowers and John Sanders effected the. integration of Memorial Hall concerts'. In 1953 Charlie Wolfe f the SP drew up a program of 96 specific reforms which should be brought about on campus, and the SP began to work on them. These men of the SP past have been concerned with issues beyond the dorm social room or. the frater nity house, issues which effect the studnt now and as a citizen in fu ture years. Few persons now in volved in student government have any real comprehension of the world beyond the campus, and few more have any knowledge of -the true state of the campus, the issues which face the University and the student. In two meetings in the past week the SP has elected its party officials for next year. The majority of the party choices are not particularly liberal have no imaginative dormitory programs are not very intelligently interested kMji -nrmimwAIMMI dtp mfe Qar IaJ EDITORIAL STAFF JIM CLOTFELTER CHUCK VVRYE Co-Editors Wayne King .... Managing Editor Bill Wuamett, Dow Sheppard News Editors Ed Dapree Sports Editor Curry Kirkpatrick .. Asst. Spts Ed. Bill Hobbs Mght Editor Matt Weisman Feature Editor Harry DeLung, John Medlia Assts. to the Editor Jim Wallace .. Photography Editor Mike Robinson, Garry B Ian chard Joe Masi Contributing Editors TIM BURNETT Business Manager Mike Mathers .. Advertising Mgr. Tra Daily Tam Una. Is published tfaCy accept MonHay, examination prtoda fcnd vacations. It lit entered c.s Btcond clas matter In the post office in Chapl Bill, H. C pursuant vnih. the act of March 8 1870. Subscription rates t ti-0 per semester, $8 per year. Tax Dajxt Tab lira, is a subscriber to the United Press International end utilizes ttie services of thm News Bu reau of the University ot North. Caro lina. Published by the Publications Board ot the University cf norm Csrr;ir,s; Chapel Bill. N. C. in issues of broad scope. They do not appear to. be part of the Student Party's ideological tradition. The duty of any political party is to set forth a program of ideas for acceptance or rejection by the students. When a party ceases to stand for anything and continues to exist only because' of individuals and their desire for office, it should be repudiated by the voters, and usually is. The duty of the Student Party is to set forth a platform commit ted to liberal values on and off icampus ... to present able lead ers capable of intelligently arguing for a viable student government, for student autonomy ... to pro vide a continuous open forum for all students, Greek or non-Greek. If the party swerves radically from these ideas, it will continue to re semble the Student Party in name only. Traditionally, the opposition Uni versity Party has been effective when good men lead it, and ineffec tive when lesser men are in con trol. The UP never has stood fox a coherent set of ideals. But in the past year some of its officers have expressed a desire to reform the party, to establish for it a definite set of ideals which it can throw against those of the SP every fall and spring. Members of the Student Party now have the clear alternative to meet the University Party in the middle-ground of equivocation, in which no one need be unpopular, and in which individuals could switch student government offices every year with no change in ideals or to reverse the present trend and again make the party the SP of Lowenstein, Wallace, Fleschman and Murphy, to the SP which had guts and integrity, (jc) Parent 's Day Sunday, May 6th, was "Parents' Day." Since, as the Alpha Phi Omega bulletin stated, "the responsibility for the success or failure of Par ents' Day lies primarily with the separate groups and their efforts," we did not expect unmitigated suc cess. However, Parents' Day, Hay 6, 1962 must go down on record as one of the most oally unsuccessful events in campus history. The reception at Graham Memo rial was prepared to handle an an ticipated 1,200 persons. There were approximately 250 in attendance, counting the punch servers and three dogs. The weather was fine, the punch tasty, and the idea swell. The re sponsible APO members had done what they could to co-ordinate the scheduled activities. What failed? One of the major problems seems to have been the fixing of a date for the event. Originally it was set for the first weekend in May, as it was last year. Then upon consul tation with Rudy Edwards, Assist ant to the Dean of Student Affairs, Melzer Morgan (Parents' Day Chairman) changed the date to May 13th, so it would not interfere with Germans weekend. This was decided before Easter vacation. Days later, someone at Morgan's campus address took a phone call, over the holidays, saying that Par ents' Day had to be changed back to the first weekend of May, in spite of Germans ... So Melzer hustled back, hampered by the lack of cooperation that so often turns sour any attempt to give this campus a worthwhile event which it apparently neither wants nor deserves, (cw) W SI - m mm . --ft -i lril ilC CI1P2FMP 7lli?T Yoshio Teshima A resolution advocating that the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina abolish section 8 of Article XIV of the State Constitu tion and other statutes prohibiting interracial marriage. WHEREAS: Article XIV, Section 8 of the Constitution reads: "All marriages between a white person and a Negro., or between a white person and a person oi Negro de scent to the third generation inclus ive, are forever prohibited aad shall be void. Any person, violating this section shall be guilty of aa in famous crime, and shall be punish ed by imprisonment in the county jail of the State's Prison for not less than four months nor mere than ten years, and may also be fined at the discretion of the court." and, WHEREAS: This section of the state constitution is not only archaic but is a violation of the individual liberty and privacy, and WHEREAS: The existence of this section is unjustified by reason, morality, or any philosophy other than bigotry, and WHEREAS: It is not tv;e place of the State to intervene in the mar riage between a man and a woman when that - marriage endangers neither public safety nor public wel fare, and WHEREAS: The retention of ar chaic statutes is superfluous and detrimental to the future of the Sta'.e and indicates a bx or cowareiv Legislature. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Dialetic and Philanthropic Soc iety of the University of North Caro lina that: ARTICLE I. The Dialetic and Philanthropic Society cf the Univer sity of North Carolina condemn.-; the above mentioned section of Artk-i XIV in the State Constitution any action or inaction that might prolong the existence of thac section in the State Constitution. ARTICLE H. The dialectic and Philanthropic Society asks ihst ihe General Assembly take actio i to abolish the above mentioned section and any State Laws prohibiting mar riage on the grounds cf race, creeJ, or national origin. ARTICLE III. Copies of this reso lution be sent to the editors of the New York Times, the Greensbon Daily News, the Charlotte Observer, and the Daily Tar Heel and to all members of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina and to th Governor of the State of North Carolina. Introduced by Conditional Repre sentative William Thatcher Doyell. New Jersey. (The bill will be debated tonight at 7 on third floor. New West.) apan As Viewed By Americans II Despite the fact that since the Meiji Restoration the United States and Japan have century-old relation ships, still Japan remains the coun try of mysterious exotic people. I am not saying that the Ameri can way of looking at Japan is bad oh should be blamed but I am try ing to find out the reasons why Ja pan, China and India have got to be passive to the emerging West in its strategy and policy. Take Japan and India. These coun tries are 'developing with the kind guidance and assistance of the West. On the other hand China is still do ing its job by herself, isolating her self from the 'aggression of the West. I mean by the term, the ag gression flow of influence from the West along with economic and mili taristic aggression. But it seems to me China, by and large, has been facing historical change through the newly introduced technical and sci entific method. Nevertheless the sig nificant point is China's unique way of Change. This is different from Japanese way of Westernization. They created their own type and pattern in every aspect of human activities adopting essentials of Western technology and ideology. In this sense I praise China to great extent. Besides the wide1-; spread indif ferent attitude toward Japan, some people have a negative image of Japan in this country. The predom inant pre-conceived idea of Japanese today has its root in the War. The strong image of sudden attack on Pearl Harbor is prevailing, even among the young students who were born after the War. The im age of 'sneaky' and 'brutal' Jap anese was formed during the war. Even today war pictures on TV and cinema are appreciated by young sters overwhelmingly. Two year training in the army is waiting for every college graduate. Therefore the big difference from Japanese students is that U. S. Students tend to think of world polities in terms of militaristic tactic and strategy. Next, Japanese producers of cheap goods and skillful workers of imita tion are quite impressionable in the economic sector. It seems to me they do not go further, to an alyze the reason for the cheap wages of workers and the economic dual structure in Japan. At the same time they criticize the ter rible westernization of Japan in the modern age. At this point some of them seem to analyze and then sympathize with out country's situa tion, a big population in small is lands with scarce natural resources. On the other hand they reevaluate the tremendously rapid recovery of Japanese economy after the war and feel some kind of surprise in people's efforts in economic develop ment. The creation of a real image of Japan is to be done after the serious reconsideration of Japanese trade policy. Economic aspect in the im age creation is very strong. How ever hard our Government tries to sell high quality transister radios and cameras, it ends up with fail ure unless it wipes out the image of cheap and bad products made in Japan! This is the case not only in the United States but also other countries all over the world. The German Volkswagen conquered the market of small size cars in the States. They have got quite reputa tion among the American consum ers. I think this is a good example of clever economic policy. Another significant point in the image here comes from their inter est in Japan purely from the tour ists' point of view. They tend to look at Japan as an object of curio sity toward Oriental exoticism. Here Japanese women characterized by Geisha girls play an important role with some sort of fascinating image in motion pictures "Sayonara" and 'Flower Drum Song." Most of them are interested in Tokyo as the best entertainment city in the world. Reevaluation of Japanese culture is, I think", the most significant point as positive image of Japan. But in my judgment it takes more than fifty or one hundred years to intro duce the real 'heart' of Japanese culture and way of thinking of the people symbolized by such social codes as GiriNinjo or unique aes thetic sense like Monono-Aware Wabi, Iki and so forth. Now I think that these real Japanese feelings could be understood only by those foreigners who studied her history, literature and society, living in Ja pan twenty or thirty years. The reverse case is the Japanese people's difficulty in understanding of the real meaning of Western ideas like 'common sense', 'freedom' or 'democracy On the representation of Japan, foreign correspondents stationed in Japan should reconsider whether their stories on Japan are really mirroring the true picture or sensa tional shallow analysis. Most of these images are formed through mass communiction media, movies, sol diers who are stationed in Japan and travelers, mentioning a few of them. Japan has not such a big informa tion agency as USIA, and so the activities of private people are key in the creation of an image. The role of mass media in the formation of an image is vital. In this respect I think the sensational and stereo typed news interpretation from Tokyo through UPI, AP, NBC and CBS should be blamed. For in stance, almost all of the well in formed students and citizens have heard the name of the Japanese student union 'Zengakuren. They link the 'notorious' name with a strong impression of big street par ades in newspapers and radios every day during the period in which stu dents hold snake-dance demonstra tions in front of American Embassy protesting against the nndear tests in the Pacific Ocean. On the other hand 'American mass communica tions did not show much interest it reporting the street demonstration against the Soviet nuclear tests last year. Even if they reported, only a few of the readers find a one-column or one-inch story at the corner, of news page. The rest of the people did not even hear about it at all. With this type of sensational ap proach to the events a majority ot the American citizens tend to reach hasty conclusions that all of the anti-nuclear test and disarmament demonstrations held by Japanese students are fundamentally aimed at denouncing the government of the United States. In this respect they are by no means informed of the underlying reason such as, student's pacifism and their inclination toward neutral countries. Notwithstanding the people here are puzzled at the TV news briefs which . show the youngsters playing cowboys in west ern movies made in Japan. It seems to me that it is almost impossible for them to combine the images of present-day Japan, strongly politically-minded student demonstrators and young Tokyo rock 'n' roll sing ers. Finally, the lack of integrity in the politics of Japan, especially in her foreign policy is also contributing much to the indifferent attitude of people here toward Japan. They think that the Japanese. Gov ernment is a member of their al lies. They do not have particular difficulty in dealing with the, Ikeda Government now. And in fact they do not pay special attention to, for example, the speech of the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister in the United Nations or a statement at New York air port. This shows the difference of their attitude toward those of Nehru, Adenauer, Sukarno or Nasser. I could point out the lack of prestige in the foreign policy of Japan is most fundamental and a ital. issue in the question of Am erican image of Japan. There are a lot of thick academic study books on Japan but thest? aie limited only to the students with special interest in a particular field, history, art and religion. Nine out of ten citizens have no chance to meet those books. As a matter of fact in big universities students a.e studying Japanese history or litera ture. Harvard, Yale, or Columbia have good institutes of Japanese studies. But they do not influence the average person greatly. They depend mostly on mass media. The most vital thing for the Jap anese people to, dp is not to convert all the things to Western ones but to seriously reevaluate the 'heart' of Japan and try to find out the Japanese way to contribute to the peace of the world. I am afraid that he might have to come to the United States or France if a Jap anese student wants to study on Shibui or Zen Buddhism fifty years Curtis Gans later from now on. This is the ridi culous aspect of the Japanese people's careless attitude toward their own culture and religion these days. But on the other hand real Ja.-an could be understood only when the people abroad, are able to understand and feel the real sense of Japanese traditional culture and literature, characterized by Sabi, Shiori, Kar umi and so on. I am wondering if Japanese must remain, an enigma for. the Westerners until that time. It is rather easy ta teach them Judo, Karate, flower arrangement or tea ceremony but it seems al most impossible at present to ex plain the real meaning of Giri-injo to the people here. The easiest way for Easterne-s, particularly for Japanese, to become understood" is to accelerate the speed of Westernization. And this way our coming generations may be com municatabje with people and they can even think and feel just the same way as Americans and Euro peans do. This is absolutely non sense, but I am afraid I have to admit the fact that today's Japnr shows the tendency of following this pattern conspicuously. This mut have been the destiny of small and subordinate civilizations all through the history of the world. Di-Phi Deadbeats Debate There were five of us all gath ered together to plan a "conserva tive revoit." There was 'Terrible" Roger Foushee who struck such fear into the hearts of lower quad resi dents three years ago that they sum marily replaced him in the Student Legislature and put in a moderate; there was "green" Glen Johnson who was only beginning to terrify students in political science class rooms when Foushee was" getting disestablished in the lower quad; there were two freshmen, Bill Dowell of Toddle House fame and Bob Bullard of fame yet to be test ed; and there was me. The place was Harry's, the time was late, and the conversation windy. It went something like this: . Foushee: You're wonrg. Me: We're right. Johnson: You're wrong. Dowell: We're right. Foushee: The Di ca't meet. Not unless the Di-Phi breaks up. Bullard: It met, elected officers and drafted a new constitution. Johnson: But it's illegal. The Di can't meet so long as the Di-Phi exists. That's what we decided three years ago. You remember, Curt? And that little clandestine coffee clatch you had last night just doesn't count. Right? Me: Wrong. Foushee: Look at it this way. We're all trying to achieve the same end. Our enemy is Arthur and his constitution. Let's fight that for awhile. (Editor's note: Arthur is Arthur Hays, noted Machiavellian misdealer and fpmenter of disturbances in the lovely order of our way of life. His latest move was to have the audacity to propose a new constitution for the organization that cuts dues, shortens the name, streamlines pro cedures, and in the process totally disrupts the continuity of 168 years of history.) Me: Yeah, we oughta steamroller him. After all non-violence is only for race relations. Johnson: You mean we ought to present articulate organised opposi tion. Me: Yeah, that's what I mean. Foushee: Well, at least you could have been a little more perspica cious. Johnson: A little more what? Foushee: Perspicacious. You mean you don't what what that means? Everybody knows what that means, even Curt, dont you? Me: Yeah. (Besides I wouldn't at that stage of affairs admitted that I didn't even if I didn't. It's the ad jectival form of perspicacity, Glen, everybody knows that. Johnson: Look, I've been a mem ber of the APSA, UPSA. INSPSA, and I've never heard THAT word used, Me: Oh, youfre a member of ASPA too? Johnson: Look, you couldn't be a member of the APSA. It's a prof .... Me (being erudite): It's the American Political Science Associa tion and they sent me a card and I sent them $G. Johnson: I'll have to write them. They made a great mistake. Foushee: Where were we? Dowell: I think we were talkina about how to keep debating al.vc on this campus. Me: Yeah, Operation Steamrcikr. Get Arthur. (Foaming only slightly' yeah. Johnson: Who's the parliamen tarian? Enter deus machina in the per son of John, Randall, noted campu" statistician, keeper of irrclevar records and fouler-up to numerous meetings. ) Randall (preening proudly for large speaking role): Me. Johnson: Well, that's one problem solved. John, my boy, we've got a littia work for you to do. (Will Operation Steamroller suc ceed? Will Arthur Hays be derailed? Will the Di-Phi continue as the Di Phi? And will the idle chatter ever cease? Tune in tonight, 3rd Floor. New West, 7:30 p.m.) (Oh yeah, they're also discussing an innocuous resolution on the legal ization, of mscegeaation racial intermarriage. That shouldn't take much time.)
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